Rep. Robyn Gabel
Filed: 10/27/2021
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1169
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1169, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
| 4 | following:
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| 5 | "Section 5. The Health Care Right of Conscience Act is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by adding Section 13.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (745 ILCS 70/13.5 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 13.5. Violations related to COVID-19 requirements. It | ||||||
| 9 | is not a violation of this Act for any person or public | ||||||
| 10 | official, or for any public or private association, agency, | ||||||
| 11 | corporation, entity, institution, or employer, to take any | ||||||
| 12 | measures or impose any requirements, including, but not | ||||||
| 13 | limited to, any measures or requirements that involve | ||||||
| 14 | provision of services by a physician or health care personnel, | ||||||
| 15 | intended to prevent contraction or transmission of COVID-19 or | ||||||
| 16 | any pathogens that result in COVID-19 or any of its subsequent | ||||||
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| 1 | iterations. It is not a violation of this Act to enforce such | ||||||
| 2 | measures or requirements. This Section is a declaration of | ||||||
| 3 | existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment. | ||||||
| 4 | Accordingly, this Section shall apply to all actions commenced | ||||||
| 5 | or pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 6 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly. Nothing in this Section is | ||||||
| 7 | intended to affect any right or remedy under federal law.".
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